شہر قائد ایک بار پھر سیاسی کشیدگی کی لپیٹ میں آ گیا ہے، جہاں پی ٹی آئی کے متوقع جلسے سے قبل حالات اچانک کشیدہ ہو گئے۔ باغِ جناح میں پولیس کی بھاری نفری داخل ہو گئی، کارکنان کو زبردستی نکال دیا گیا اور متعدد افراد کو حراست میں لے لیا گیا ہے، دوسری جانب […]
The Monroe Doctrine was all about the protection of American interests in the Western Hemisphere. It was about not allowing any distant power to put forces in the Western Hemisphere or allying with any country in the Western Hemisphere. A classic example is how the United States reacted when the Soviet Union tried to put […]
Everyone is talking about talks but no one wants to talk. The glaring contradiction measures the difference between optics and hard reality. Within the optics domain everyone desires to look and sound reasonable. The hard reality, on the other hand, is based on cold and calculated assessment of the situation and the advantage that accrues […]
Every now and then, we come across pragmatic speeches, columns and academic discourses — not necessarily from the beneficiaries of the system — that echo the idea that we, as a nation, seldom learn from historical follies. This might, for many, sound like mere blunders or thoughtless insanity; yet the unapologetic pursuit of these common patterns across […]
Deaths from hits by heavy vehicles continue to occur in Karachi – with a young female motorcyclist and a seven-year-old boy being the latest victims, losing their lives on the road in Landhi and Manghopir, respectively. These untimely deaths are a heartbreaking reminder of the devastation that poorly-operated large commercial vehicles cause on our roadways […]
There is a situation in Iran, and it warrants a political solution. Protesters seem to be losing their patience. Well, the government too. Thus the Islamic Republic faces an existential crisis. Nonetheless, it is a given that any moves for a ‘regime change’ as maneuvered at the behest of external forces, especially the US, would […]